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Pentax 645D
Superb 645 system
In the three months I've shot my Pentax 645D it has performed superbly. It has proven to be a digital MF camera that can produce images that rival the quality of 4x5 large format film. It is capable of producing stunning 30"x40" and larger prints. It is fully weather proof and capable of meeting the field demands of diverse landscape photography environments. It is priced at a fairly reasonable $9995.
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Canon 5Dmk2
An amazing full frame digital SLR for $2500
We have owned both the original Canon 1DS and Canon 5D. The 5D was a hard
act to follow. Amazingly the 5Dmk2 easily betters the original 5D. It has exceptional
clarity which IMO equals the 1DSmk3. Its weakest link
is the glass you use with it. Canon telephotos & macro
lenses are great. IMO their wide angle glass is lacking. I've
using my old Zeiss 35-70mm zoom and a new Leica 21-35 zoom
for landscape work with great results.
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Canon 7D
An excellent wildlife camera & backup.
The 1.6x crop factor and 18MP the 7D offers makes
it IMO an excellent wildlife camera. It has a superb focusing system and 100% viewfinder, but it only costs
$1595. It can shoot a very good 8 fps. Its also produces very clean images up to a speed of 400 ISO. This makes it a great
companion to the 5Dmk2 for someone who shoots mostly landscape
with an occasional widllife photo.
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Accessories |
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Bogen 3021 tripod
Our tried and true standard tripod. Paired with
a pistol grip ball head it can be used for anything from wildlife
to portraits with 35mm SLRS, medium format or even 4"x5"
view cameras. We have lighter tripods for backpacking but
they are limited in stability and unstable with telephoto
lenses.
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Nikon LS8000 Scanner
The best scanner I've ever used by a wide margin. It can
scan anything from 35mm to 6x9 MF. With 8x multisample scanning
it can pull rich colors from heavily saturated slides and
noise free detail from the deep shadows of many sunset shots.
At times I've recovered detail in 48bit mode from forgrounds
that make it seem the shot must have used a split neutral
density filter. See Mt
Assiniboine Sunrise. |
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Epson 2400 photo
printer
Incredible color and definition in prints up
to 13"x19". This printer may be possibly spell the
end of the custom Ilfochrome print trade. I've not yet talked
to anyone that wasn't blown away by the quality of its output.
Prints with glossy, semigloss or matte paper, properly framed
and protected should last 50+ years. Amazingly this baby almost
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Epson 9880 photo
printer
Incredible color and definition in prints up
to 44" x 50 feet. I regularly make prints up to 42"x 84 "
in size on my 9880. It's great and has very few nozzle clogs
even in our dry climate. The non stick coating on the heads really seems to do the job preventing clogs.
The new Ultrachrome K3 ink set with vivid magenta really works well, and the color palette it produces is quite impressive. I also find B&W prints made with photo black ink on new Baryta or Epson semimatte papers are extraordinarily rich in tone.
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